Wright Thompson

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Wright Thompson is an award-winning sportswriter for ESPN.com; he formerly worked at The Kansas City Star.

He is a native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and an alumnus of Mizzou. Wright Thompson is the son of the late Walter Wright Thompson, a Clarksdale attorney who served as Mississippi Finance Chair for Senator John Glenn, Governor Michael Dukakis, and President Bill Clinton.

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His topics have covered a wide range of sports issues, from Football, Basketball, and Baseball, to Race Cars, Sports History / Issues and Bullfighting.

ESPN

• ESPN's list of "Wright Thompson articles"

SAMPLING OF ARTICLES

Race Cars

• "The son also rises"

Football

• "An obsession realized: Manning and the Super Bowl
• "Patterson rumbles to glory as Eagles romp"

Basketball

• "King's dream comes alive for Blazers"
• "Hoops of Nazareth"

Baseball

• "Fading Away"
• "Bonds story to be continued"
• "The long road from Las Martinas"

Sports History / Issues

• "O'Neil was the real 'voice' of America"
• "Thompson: Contempt for the system"
• "Outrageous Injustice"

Bullfighting

• "Glory vs. Death: At the bullfights in Tijuana"
• "Haunted by the horns"^{[citation needed]}